How common is the surname Higa?

3,940 people in the United States had the surname Higa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,362 Americans. It ranked 8,398th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Higa?

Ryan Higa, American Internet personality and actor.

Where is the surname Higa most common?

Wikidata records people named Higa in the United States.

Is the surname Higa getting more or less common?

More common. 3,925 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,940 in 2010, up 0.4%.

The surname Higa

A Japanese surname, carried by 3,940 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Higa is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

Japanese origin

Borrowed from Japanese 比嘉 (Higa).

One of 123 Japanese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,940 people named Higa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,362 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,925.

#8,398

rank among US surnames

3,940

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.4%

change since 2000 (was #7,814)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,392	Valera	3,944	78,282
#8,394	Halley	3,943	78,302
#8,395	Carlo	3,942	78,322
#8,398	Spry	3,940	78,362
#8,401	Lavery	3,938	78,402
#8,402	Hermanson	3,937	78,422

Who is named Higa

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

71% of people named Higa identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 13% as two or more races and 8.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Asian and Pacific Islander 71%
Two or more races 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.2%
White (not Hispanic) 7.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Higas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ryan Higa
American Internet personality and actor, born 1990

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Higa

Higa has the Soundex code H200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H200.

Other Japanese surnames

All 123 Japanese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Higa come from?: Borrowed from Japanese 比嘉 (Higa).
How common is the surname Higa?: 3,940 people in the United States had the surname Higa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,362 Americans. It ranked 8,398th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Higa?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Higa identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 13% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Higa?: Ryan Higa, American Internet personality and actor.
Where is the surname Higa most common?: Wikidata records people named Higa in the United States.
Is the surname Higa getting more or less common?: More common. 3,925 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,940 in 2010, up 0.4%.